Game apparatus



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GAME APPARATUS. AFPUCAHON FILED JAN. 5. 1920.

- Patente June 2S, 1921.

y L if' zoir/ values Vlocated at; different relativepositions f UNITED STATES PATENT i loi'mELEs W. vN vLEET, oExINGsTom NEW Yoan, AssIGNoE.- 0E .ONEEEIED EoEEET c. Einpicmor inNcisfroN,y NEW Yoan,y AND ONE-Tmp To ,CHARLOTTE A. MAXWELL, E SAGEETIES, NEW Avomi.

' Y To alllfivlwmzt mayconcern.'Av

'.iBeit known that-' I, CHARLES W; VAN VIEET, acitizen ofthe United States and resident of Kin ton inthe county'of lster and State ofNv York, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Game Apparatus, of whichwthel` following i is, a specitlcation.-A4 f Thisinvention relates to a' game apparatus; and it has for its object toprovide a novel 'apparatus of simple and attractive construction and 4appearance whereby'an amusing game, requiring Skill in itsperformance,gcan befplayed by any one, two or more-persons. "The-invention,'generally stated, comprises a' board having on' its'l surfaceadevious course leading fromY a-starting point toa goal, said course being defined'by spacedapart spotsofvariousdistinctive forms or in= vthe course 5 a series of gaine-pieces adapted to be severallym'oved along said course and progressively7 f upon certain predeterminedv spotsthereof between the starting point and the goal;fan indicating device adapted Yto be manipulated to determine the kind and( thef'pos'iti'on of the spots upon which the game-piecesareto beperiodically moved, anda projectile shooting device pivoted'adjacent one side of said board and ladapted tobe manipulated to throw a pellet toward'andagainst a game-piece located on said course.l A'

The' invention also coml'irises` novel;y features of :construction and arrangements of parts which will be hereinaftery described and'claimed i if In'the drawings#- Figure 1- ls aplanof a game-apparatus ve'i'i'ilodying my nventiOn the @over being Iremovedl f -`Fig'. 2 is a sectionalelevation ofthe projectile shooting device, andthe adj acent'por- 'tionoff'thegame-board on which itis pivotally mounted. Y v

ig.V 3V is a perspective vview of'one ofthe 'game-pieces, j i y I i Fig. "4f is asimilar :view'of the indicating de'i'rice'.Y

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GAME APPARATUT specification:Lenersratnt. .y .Patetedijnne '1 Referring to the drawings', 10 designates'a board havingfupstanding sideand end"` walls l1; the structure providingagshallow box or tray of proper shape and size forits 'intend ed purpose. A- shown) for the Upon the upper surfacev of the board'is indil cated a devious cour'seleading from astarti ing station, as at 12, to a remote point, las at 13, constituting a f-goal. The course com'- suitable lid orjcover (not structure may be provided.

prises a succession of spacedsapartspots V'14:

of various distinctive forms;` or values, lar'- ranged in` any suitable progressive order. In the present instance some of the spots are inthe formv of circles, others'areldiamond shaped, and* still others are star-shaped,'as

shown. The course,"inthe preferredvk forni lof my invention, is associated withwa' marine view, 4-andfis arranged' to define a channel leading among a group ofV islands Ifrom'a harbor (the startingpoint): to theopensea (the goal), thewhole being lithographed or otherwise attractively illustratedl 1 upon' the 'board' or ona sheet ofpaperiwhich is,.`c-el vmented to the board:

A Series 0f game-pieces liprefembiyin semblance of boats, ,are provided,.,whi`ch pieces are adapted` to be initially stationed in the harbor, and tliereafteryto be severally advanced(if possible), along :thefsp'ots of the course from the harborA to the'ropen sea', 1"'

by one of thefplayers'; the extent of each 'move "of laboat beingdetermined bythe manipulation of a-suitable indicating device. In thefpresent instance, thisdevice comprises a'smallcubel ('Fig; 4)?, insemblace Offa die, havingupon itsjfaces'spots corresponding in form, or value, to those constituting the course; that is to say, two lopposite faces are provided with stars, one face. is provided In playing the game', this cube `is thrown presented'on the first throwvof'the cube, a boat is advanced from the harbor to-the first circular spot ofthe course;,if'a star be presented then the boiatv is advanced tothe first i() i 9.0 with a diamond-shaped spot, andthe remaining faces are provided with Acircular spots.V

star of the course; if a diamond be resented then the boat is advanced to the rst diaf mond of the course.-l Likewise in succeeding `plays the boat positioned on a spot is advanced t0 the ,next following spot olf the coursecorresponding with the spot present` edby the 'upper' face 'of the'k cube'when ma nipulated, and so on the boat is successively moved until it has reached the open sea, or

peated with succeeding boats.

'i As :each .boatl is belng Aadvanced alongthe course, the opposing p1ayer (termedthe gunner) seeks t0 upset or sink it by` means of a projectile, Vsuch asa pellet of shot 17 '.'In playing the game the boat is only fired Ton whenl itis located on a circle;

Y .is suchl that when the'lip of the trigger leverv thestars anddiamonds being safety zones.

Thev projectile "shooting, device, in its preferredform, is( designedto be mounted at theifront of the board, the adjacent wall of which is preferabl indented and formed 1n semblance of av ort, as at 1 3, j the con` struction of theshooting .device being such thatfitfmay be trained to throw a projectile VAata boat'located on any spot throughout'the length of the. course. Ihe yshooting '.devi`c a in- 1 ts,preerredform, ycomprises a base'plate 19.having at'one end anupstandf ingpintle 2O ,adapted portedfin4 aV vertically-perforated lug 21 at .the front of the *boarl so that the baseplate andfits appurtenances may be swung 'horl- Azon'tally to .v ariousangular positions with relationto the course ontheboard. Pivoted in and'between a. pair of lugs 22 on the base plate, adjacent-the pivot 20, is a .vibratory member 23 havinga dependin tail piece 24 andan V'upwardly and outwar ly extending arm 25. VThe latter bears at its Afree end a socket piece 26 adapted toreceive the pellet -17`. The tail fpiece 24 is adaptedto be de- .'tachably venga ed by a complementary upstanding lip 2. on the longer arm 28 of a trigger lever which is pivoted in Aand between a pair of lugs 29 on the base. plate adjacent the outerendfof the latter. The cooperative vrelationofthe parts just described is engagedwith lthe tail piece 24 ofthe member23 the latter is held in position with the arm 25.eXtending outwardly and upwardly andthe ,socket piece 26 vforwardly and upvwardly,.as clearly indicated in Fig. 2.A With the parts-thus positioned, ifa pellet'be in-v serted inthe socket-piece, and the shorter arm of the trigfger lever be sharply depressed the finger Vapplied thereon, theengaged portionof the member 23 will `be quickly raised and the arm 25 thrown for- Award in a manner to project the pellet from the socket piece and toward a boat on a circular spot of the course, in accordance with thel accuracy of the aim of the gunnen Such aim depends upon the angular relation lto Vbe pivotally supv of the gun to the targetand the amount of lpressure applied by the player to the trigger; the proper throw and trajectory of the projectile in each case thus requiring a fair VV`manipulates y'the indicating y-device 16 and seeks to advance along the spots of the course has been sunk; whereupon the playis r'e `r to the open sea as many boats of the series change positions, and the previous gunner seeks to advance the boats. tothe goal while his opponent inl turnaims to sink them. vThe playerl who succeeds in 'getting the larger number of boats to the open seaiisl the wlnner. f It isto be understood that the gamemay be conducted withthefviewof one orgthe other players advancing a certainnumber of `boats safely alongthe course inY ajgiven timeandin a certainsequencef; andinV other respects Yvarious interestingmodes of prof ceduremay be adopted and.followedaty the pleasure of theplayers. Y

' I do not-,limit myzinvention tothe specific details and features of construction herein disclosed as the same may be modified within the principley of ,myj invention andthe scope of .theappended claims.` f

I claim:-

having -a courseindicated on its surfaceby a Succession of ,sp0ts ,of various designations, said course leading deviously yfroma start, ing point to a goal,la position'indicatingdevice, a series of. game-pieces Vseverallymovable along said course andupon certain spots as determined by .the :manipulationloi Vthe indicating device, and a ,projectileV` shooting device pivotally mountedadjacentone 1 A game apparatus" comprising .a board ioo side ofjsaid board and adapted to-be manipulatedr to shoota lprojectile towarda game piece located on said course.V

2. A game apparatus vcomprisin having a devious course thereon de ned by a ,succession ofV spots Vof.. various Adesignations at diferent'points ofthe course, a cubemember havingl facial indicationsY thereon ycorresponding with' said desigr iatior 1s,,a se'- ries of game-pieces severally movable-along ,shoot a projectile toward .a gameepiece lo- .Y 1

cated on said course.

3. -A game apparatus comprisingjafboard yhaving a devlous course thereon g leading from a starting station toa goal, saidcourse being defined by spaced spots of various .3-

distinctiveforms, a block having a plurality lio said courseand upon icert'ainfspots fasdeltermined by fthe 4ma nipulation lof the cubemember, and a projectile shooting` devicev of faces bearing spots corresponding in form be manipulated to throw a pellet toward with those 0f the course, a series of gamea ame-piece located on said course.

pieces severally movable along said course igned at Kingston, in the county of Ul- 10 and progressively upon certain spots dester and State of New York, this 2d day i 5 termined upon by manipulation of the block, of January, A. D. 1920.

and a projectile shooting device pivoted ad'- jacent one side'of said board and adapted to CHARLES W. VAN VLEET. 

